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RECORDING APPARATUS FOR SCALE- APPLICATION FILED AUG-24, 19m.

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RECORDING APPARATUS FOR SCALES.

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Patented July 18, 1916.

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CORNELIUS S. MORRIS, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

RECORDING LI PPARATUS FOR SCALES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed August 24, 1915. Serial No. 47,063.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS S. MonRIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rock Island, in .the county of Rock Island and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RecordingApparatus for Scales; and I hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

The present invention relates to printing apparatus for scales ofautomatic platform type and consists in the combinations andarrangements of elements hereinafter de scribed and particularly setforth in the-accompanying claims.

The inventionhas for its purpose to provide an apparatus adapted forready attachment to the housing of the scales in front of the indicatorthereof whereby the amounts weighted, the tare, and other data may beprinted on tickets at the time of the actual weighing operations, andwithout interference with the operation of the scales.

The invention further contemplates the use of the apparatus on thescales having the dial or drum type of indicator for computing purposes,and is especially adapted for the kind of scales disclosed in mycopending application for the United States patent bearing the SerialNo. 47062 and dated August 24th, 1915.

The apparatus is shown by way of illustration in the accompanyingdrawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view thereof. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is an'enlarged longitudinal @ctional view, of thecarriage and ticket holder. Fig. 4 is a, transverse sectional view ofthe carriage, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3,

and showing the printing device per 86.-

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is adetailed view of a section of the type bar, and Fig. 7 is a view of theticket.

Referring to the construction in detail and wherein like referencecharacters indicate corresponding parts in the different views shown, 1designates the casing of the scales, and 2 the housing or hood for thequadrant or segmental indicator 3 whose graduations are arranged intothree parallel sections 4, 5 and 6 adapted to be read in succession.

The indicators or pointers 7, 8 and 9 are of relatively differentlengths to correspond with their respective scale secends 10 11 andcurved concentric with the indicator dial to form a track 12, and aradial flange 13. A carriage 14: is mounted to travel on the track 12and is held thereon by embracing the flange 13 in the manner shown inFig. 4, and having overlapping straps 15 engaging with said track 12. Arack bar 16 is mounted on and suitably secured to the track 12 and isadapted to hold the carriage in different set positions through themeans of a pawl 17 having a hand manipulating end 18, and a spring 19engages said pawl and the arm 20 for holding the pawl under tension. Apair of rollers 21, suitably journaled in the carriage, travel on thetrack and act to hold the carriage in position for easy movement andprevent jamming of the parts.

A series of type bars 22 z. 6., one for each indicator section is formedon, or otherwise secured to, the flange 13 and has its char-. acterscorresponding with the respective character designations of saidindicator sections whereby the indications of the amounts weighed may beprinted on the ticket carried by the carriage. Said tickets are adaptedto be contained, or individually placed into the holder 23 that ismounted to have limited sliding movement on the top plate 24 of thecarriage 14 (see Fig. 3). The holder 23 has ticket retaining flanges 25and is also formed with a guard flange 26 that prevents the ticket fromrubbing against the raised type portions of the bars 22, as seen fromFig. 4. A plurality of plungers 27 are mounted to work through theticket holder to impress the tickets against the type bars, and each ofsaid plungers consists of a slotted portion 28 pivotally connected at 28to a head 29 that moves within the cylinder 30 when said plunger isdepressed. The pivotal connection (28") between the plunger parts, 28and 29, allows-of sufficient movement of the plunger face to assure fullsurface contact of the type character against the ticket.

The several plungers are adapted to be selectively operated inaccordance with the positions of the indicator arms, and the meanstherefore consist of a lever fulcrumed on a suitable support 32 that isswiveled on the carriage 14, and said lever has a pointed end 33 adaptedto enter into a corresp0nd ingly shaped head 34 on the plunger rods 35extending from the heads 29. A spring 36 surrounds each bar 35 and actsto restore its respective plunger to normal position after the same hasbeen depressed by the lever 31.

The ticket holder is adapted to be moved independently of the carriagein order to bring the proper place on the ticket into position forprinting, as will be further explained, and to this end said ticketholder is formed with a flange 37 formed on its under side with a rack38 that meshes with a pinion 39 journaled on the top plate 24 of thecarriage and said pinion is manipulated by a knurled head 40 on thepinion shaft 41, (see Figs. 1 and 3). Theupper surface of the flange 37is formed with four notches 42 adapted to be engaged by a tensioneddetent 43 to hold the ticket holder in any one of the positionsindicated by the marks, on the top plate 24. Said marks designaterespectively the tare, the gross, and the gross of the special weights(to wit three thousand pounds and six thousand pounds) indicated throughthe openings 44 and 45 in the casing 1.

In operation the proper pointer of the arm 14 is brought to registerwith the position of the scale indicator (7, 8 or 9) and the lever 31 isthen moved to depress the proper plunger for printing the indicatedamount on the ticket T, but before the pointer of the carriage isbrought to this position said carriage is first moved to that figure onthe scale designating the tare and this amount is then printed in theproper column of the ticket by shifting the ticket holder to suchposition. It will sometimes be necessary to move the pointer of thecarriage a little to one side of the indicator as for instance when theindicator is nearer to thirty pounds than to the twenty pound mark, andin this instance it would be necessary to bring the pointer of thecarriage directly over the figure 30 for printing this amount. It willbe understood that the pointer of the carriage, and the figure of thescale must be brought into alinement with the type character before aprinting operation can be performed.

The ticket (see Fig. 6) has three columns A, B and C correspondingrespectively to the top, middle and bottom divisions ofvthe scale, and adivision E for the tare, the gross for ordinary weighing, and the grossdesignations to be used when the three thousand and six thousand weightsare required. This arrangement however, is purely arbitrary and inasmuchas 1t couldbe easily departed from an extended descript-ion of its useneed not be given.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art. 10 may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from from thespirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited tosuch features except as may be required by the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by United States Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a scales having a quadrant indicator of a printingapparatus therefor comprising a quadrant track mounted concentric withthe indicator, a type bar mounted arallel with said track, a carriagemounte on rollers to travel on g said track, a rack bar mounted on thetrack, a ticket holder movably mounted on the carriage, means for movingthe ticket holder independently of the carria e, and means carried bysaid carriage for lmpressing the tickets against the type bar,substantially as described.

2. The combination in a. scales having a quadrant indicator of aprinting apparatus therefor comprising a track mounted concentric withthe indicator, a type bar having a plurality of rows of type mountedparallel with said track, a carriage mounted to travel on the track, aticket holder mounted on the carriage, means for moving the ticketholder in different positions for printin the tickets, and selectivemeans mounte on the carriage for impressing the tickets against the typebar, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a scales having. a quadrant indicator arranged inparallel divisions, of a printing apparatus therefor comprising acarriage movable parallel with said indicator, a type bar having aplurality of rows of type, a ticket holder mounted on said carriage,pointers for said indicator divisions mounted on said carriage and meansfor impressing the tickets against the type bar, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination in a scales having a quadrant indicator arranged inparallel divisions, of a printing apparatus therefor comprising acarriage movable parallel with visions, of a printing apparatus thereforcomprising a carriage movable parallel with said indicator, :1 type barhaving a plurality of rows of type, pointers for said indicatordivisions mounted on the carriage, a ticket holder mounted on saidcarriage, means for moving the ticket holder into different positionsfor printing the tickets, a plurality of plungers associatedrespectively with the positions to which the tickets may be moved, andmeans mounted on the carriage for selectively actuating the plungers toprint the tickets, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a scales having a quadrant indicator arranged inparallel divisions, of a printing apparatus therefor comprising acarriage movable parallel with said indicator, a type bar having aplurality of rows of type, pointers for said indicator divisions mountedon the carriage, a ticket holder mounted on said carriage, means formoving the ticket holders into different positions for printing thetickets, a plurality of plungers associated respectively with thepositions to which the tickets may be moved, means for holding theticket holders in set position, and a lever swiveled on the carriage forselectively actuating the plungers carriage to engage the rack and holdsaid carriage in set position, a ticket holder movably mounted on thecarriage, means for moving the ticket holder into difierent positionsfor printing the tickets, means for holding said ticket holder in setposition, and selective means mounted on the carriage for impressing thetickets against the type bar, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I affix my signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

CORNELIUS S. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

R. R. GREY, Mrs. CHAS. FIKY.

